Zot

A decentralized communication protocol and platform for federated social networking, enabling secure and private content sharing across distributed servers.

Zot publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Blobs API, Catalog API, Manifests API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Decentralized, Federation, Privacy, and Social Networking.

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23.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessFree

8 APIs

DecentralizedFederationPrivacySocial Networking

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Composite quality — 23.6/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 9.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 39/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Zot Blobs API

The Blobs API from Zot — 3 operation(s) for blobs.

Zot Catalog API

The Catalog API from Zot — 1 operation(s) for catalog.

Zot Manifests API

The Manifests API from Zot — 1 operation(s) for manifests.

Zot Oci API

The Oci API from Zot — 1 operation(s) for oci.

Zot Open Container Initiative Distribution Specification API

The Open Container Initiative Distribution Specification API from Zot — 1 operation(s) for open container initiative distribution specification.

Zot Referrers API

The Referrers API from Zot — 1 operation(s) for referrers.

Zot Tags API

The Tags API from Zot — 1 operation(s) for tags.

Zot Zot API

The Zot API from Zot — 6 operation(s) for zot.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Open Container Initiative Distribution Specification

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Zot Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Zot Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Zot Finops

FINOPS

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Zot Agentic Access

25 operations · 13 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

25 operations · 13 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Source (apis.yml)

aid: zot
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/zot.png
name: Zot
description: A decentralized communication protocol and platform for federated social networking, enabling secure and private
  content sharing across distributed servers.
type: Index
url: https://zotlabs.org
tags:
- Decentralized
- Federation
- Privacy
- Social Networking
created: '2025'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/zot-agentic-access.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/project-zot
apis:
- aid: zot:zot-blobs-api
  name: Zot Blobs API
  description: The Blobs API from Zot — 3 operation(s) for blobs.
  tags:
  - Blobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zot-blobs-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zot:zot-catalog-api
  name: Zot Catalog API
  description: The Catalog API from Zot — 1 operation(s) for catalog.
  tags:
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zot-catalog-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zot:zot-manifests-api
  name: Zot Manifests API
  description: The Manifests API from Zot — 1 operation(s) for manifests.
  tags:
  - Manifests
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zot-manifests-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zot:zot-oci-api
  name: Zot Oci API
  description: The Oci API from Zot — 1 operation(s) for oci.
  tags:
  - Oci
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zot-oci-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zot:zot-open-container-initiative-distribution-specification-api
  name: Zot Open Container Initiative Distribution Specification API
  description: The Open Container Initiative Distribution Specification API from Zot — 1 operation(s) for open container initiative
    distribution specification.
  tags:
  - Open Container Initiative Distribution Specification
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zot-open-container-initiative-distribution-specification-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zot:zot-referrers-api
  name: Zot Referrers API
  description: The Referrers API from Zot — 1 operation(s) for referrers.
  tags:
  - Referrers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zot-referrers-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zot:zot-tags-api
  name: Zot Tags API
  description: The Tags API from Zot — 1 operation(s) for tags.
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zot-tags-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zot:zot-zot-api
  name: Zot Zot API
  description: The Zot API from Zot — 6 operation(s) for zot.
  tags:
  - Zot
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zot-zot-api-openapi.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com